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Tina Smith: “It is desperately needed, and I do not use that word 'desperate' lightly.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2018
It is desperately needed, and I do not use that word 'desperate' lightly.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Smith stresses the urgent need for the farm bill.

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